Haikei, Arishi Hi ni Saku Hanatachi e - Ch. 17.2

[sandeboi]

Holy shit, i hate her

 

[rkbrillantes]

Beautiful writing as well as visuals. This mangaka has to be one of the best yuri writers ever if not THE best. I feel so so very sorry for what Aoyama has gone through and feel horrible I hated her in 17.1.

i love the visuals of her younger self having her hair covering her eyes, almost its like symbolic of her innocence. The gigantic liy flower devouring her is monstrous visual work and beautiful in its symbolism.

goddamn I love this series

 

[Aile]

That's a great observation. Yurika states Class S is for school kids here (which parallels Aoyama's words in the prior chapter) but student-teacher is certainly a trope of modern Yuri and honestly makes Yurika's choice of profession and place of employment rather suspect.

As the other had stated, I think Yurika-senpai really is aiming for something here, considering she herself broke the tradition by picking her own little sister rather than leaving a letter and let someone find it, she might be twisted in her own way, but I think she do like or even love Ao-chan to some extent, atleast I hope so.

 

[KitsuKyouno]

Yuri is a beautifuld words
Wait, she just turn into a teacher in one year, a best? How possible?

 

[youdontknowwho]

Wait, she just turn into a teacher in one year, a best? How possible?

Back then, Aoyama just started middle school, so it's been 5-6 years.

 

[kiero13]

i have my torch and pitchfork ready. the explanation better be good for what you did "sensei"

 

[beThereShortly]

Okay... I am now more sympathetic toward Aoyama. That's a pretty messed up first relationship.

 

[gimme_yuri_plz]

Senpai (sensei) is kind of a douchebag

 

[Amerine]

Teacher deserves super jail

 

[zairaner]

This page is a work of art. She's both nibbling the flower and is being embraced/trampled by it.

This might be one of the greatest pages of yuri art ever.

 

[Percy_]

Poor Aoyama, she was just a baby. Love how we see the clear age difference with her uniform being big, it really gives us a visual on just how young she was. Hopefully senpai/sensei gets what's coming and Aoyama comes to a closure with this whole S thing. Still don't really vibe with Aoyama after what she did but I can at least see that this is what she learned.

Thank you for the chapter, can't wait for the next one!

 

[TenmaMakoto]

I thought I'd enjoy this couple since I enjoyed Mizuki and Sayori but I couldn't be more wrong. I felt so miserable when I finished this chapter holy shit

 

[raineight]

is being embraced/trampled by it.

Among other things. Her legs are open at the end, with something between them...

And yeah, they had a 5 year grade gap, and it's been up to 5 years since then. (I forget if we know Aoyama's grade.)

 

[onedumninja]

Was the imagery of the flower female sex organ alluding to yurika performing oral on aoyama or the other way around?

It reminds me of Alien in that the aliens use an unconsenting party for reproduction (sex, which is associated with close relationships). They force a parasytic relationship which can be an allegory for toxic and abusive relationships. Yurika did the same but this form of reproduction is meant to produce another link in a chain of abuse rather than literal reproduction to produce offspring. Many perpetrators were victims of abuse as a child.

What I'm horrified to presume is that yurika really took it that far. Not just forcing her into a dubious emotional/social relationship. It really seems to imply she did take it that far. Literally forcing it into aoyama's mouth the same way the aliens do in Alien. Yurika belongs in prison if this is the case. Even moreso now that it seems she came back, potentially for the purpose of further tormenting her victim, and probably to check whether aoyama continued the "tradition" of an older girl raping a younger one.

Yurika was a victim before becoming a perpetrator. It's a good thing aoyama didn't want to take the same path as a means of closure. Whether it was because no fish bit the hook or because aoyama hasn't been able to free herself from having feelings towards her abuser is something to ponder. Nonetheless, yurika's return is incredibly concerning. Whether she came back because she wants to apoligize for her crime or did so to encourage the continuation of the abuse remains to be seen.

One last thing to note is whether yurika read all of aoyama's messages because she couldn't completely let aoyama go. She could have blocked aoyama but didn't. She could've left the message unread but didn't. And now she came back in a role that is directly connected to this whole situation. She's a literature teacher. Class s left such an impression/trauma on her that even in adulthood she can't let it go. She came back to the scene of the crime. A crimescene where she was both the victim and (later) the perpetrator. Returning to the place where it all started means she couldn't let it go. Their link in the cycle of abuse hasn't solidified yet. Meaning, it isn't set in stone that the cycle will continue. Our protags are the figurative beacons of hope for the end of it.

(I was too tired to check for spelling mistakes. I don't use auto correct.)

 

[raineight]

I believe all we know is that Yurika had some sort of relationship with a senpai, initiated via letter, and she apparently didn't get a kouhai until her last year of high school, and not by letter (though possibly she had other affairs she didn't tell Aoyama about.) Age gap and victimization levels are unknown, though the relationships seem to have been getting worse as we go back in time. For all we know, hers was more like Kasumi and Haruno.

 

[Slogye]

NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE

 

[strawberrymilk0192]

She doesn't even seem sorry.

 

[strawberrymilk0192]

I read chapter 18, I don't know what to think

 

[MelonManic]

Mmmm this is gonna be a chapter I can already tell

Shave those TALONS bro, who's eye are trying to poke out jeez
How her hands look malnourished?

Dear lord we've gone deep in the toxicity in this one
It's hard to breathe down here, and yet...
Oh the story's

Have a nice day

 

[Deitess]

Sad how the chain of grooming was intended to be continued.